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Spectral Theorems for Generalized Weyl Nodes with Impurities in a Magnetic Field

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-08-25 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We prove a few spectral theorems for the density of states of a Weyl node with arbitrary topology. We show that the density of extended states of a Weyl node with random impurity potentials remains gapless in the presence of a magnetic field. Therefore, a magnetic field precludes Anderson localization in Weyl semi-metals, when inter-node transitions are suppressed for smooth enough potentials. We also provide a rigorous quantum mechanical proof of the chiral magnetic effect for arbitrary topology of a Weyl node.

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@article{arxiv.2302.02955,
  title  = {Spectral Theorems for Generalized Weyl Nodes with Impurities in a Magnetic Field},
  author = {Dan Solomon and Ho-Ung Yee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.02955},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Main article 6 pages, Supplemental Materials 9 pages, 1 figure, Added additional references